As fall meet approaches, another horse dies at Santa Anita

By Staff report | PUBLISHED: September 17, 2019 at 6:40 pm | UPDATED: September 17, 2019 at 6:51 pm As Santa Anita approaches the opening of its fall season and the 2019 Breeders’ Cup, another horse died at the Arcadia track on Monday. Zeke, a 4-year-old gelding, was working on the training track on Monday when the rider recognized a problem. According to a press release from Santa Anita, veterinarians “diagnosed a pelvic fracture. Zeke was initially stable, but, unfortunately, his condition deteriorated later that evening. After consultation with veterinary experts, the owner’s team determined that this type of injury would not be able to be repaired to support continual weight on all four legs.” At that point, veterinary experts made a decision to euthanize the horse.Zeke was trained by Dean Pederson and owned by Tom Acker, Rudy Lapera, Scott Knight, Alan McKean and Jason Ehrlicher. Monday’s fatality was the 31st at Santa Anita since last winter’s meet opened Dec. 26, 2018, bringing the track under intense scrutiny. It was the second death on the training track in 2019. Santa Anita’s fall meet opens on Friday, Sept. 27 and the Breeders’ Cup, one of horse racing’s biggest events, is scheduled for… Read full this story

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